{"id":3757,"date":"2011-07-02T22:28:48","date_gmt":"2011-07-03T02:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=3757"},"modified":"2011-07-02T22:31:38","modified_gmt":"2011-07-03T02:31:38","slug":"focus-on-the-family-4th-of-july-was-a-religious-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/07\/focus-on-the-family-4th-of-july-was-a-religious-holiday","title":{"rendered":"Focus on the Family: 4th of July was a religious holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"

For 150 years in America\u2019s history the Fourth of July was considered a religious holiday, says Christian history activist David Barton. He told\u00a0Focus on the Family listeners this week:\u00a0<\/p>\n

If you look at our government proclamations on that day, it was a day when we said, \u201cPeople of America, we need to stop and thank God Almighty for what He has done in this nation, that He has raised this nation up to propagate the gospel across the world.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He says America’s\u00a0history has been re-written in recent years by those supporting a secular society.<\/p>\n

Well, you find that (history) has a great impact on public policy. You see you wouldn\u2019t really want it to appear that someone with the credibility of George Washington might actually endorse public religious expressions. So, what we do is make him into a nonreligious individual.<\/p>\n

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